Hervé Aniglo Is Not Only A Data Analyst, He’s Also A World Traveler On A Mission To Teach People How To Code Music
Data analyst Hervé Aniglo is on a mission to make coding fun through music.
The University of Memphis alum’s passion for technology began in elementary school. Over the years, he gained experience as a software engineer and business analyst, but it was his love for using data to tell compelling stories that ultimately led him to his current role.
“I just like working with data — gathering information and seeing what I can do with it. I love to tell stories,” he told AFROTECH™ in an interview. “So that, being a data analyst, it shows the world and it shows people like what stories you can tell from it in a sense. You can predict the future. You can see what’s going to happen with the current trend.”‘
Personal Call To Action In Tech
Aniglo is also dedicating time within the industry to give back, guided by two personal calls to action. The first is to help people find roles and support their professional development. This mission, which began in college, includes reviewing resumes, preparing others for interviews, and connecting them to job, travel, speaking, scholarship, and sponsorship opportunities. He is also energizing interest in the sector by teaching people how to code music.
“I have the ability to make music, just by coding. Here I can make rock music, rap music, R&B music, international music, like Brazilian funk music, Bollywood, disco music, European rap music, all that good stuff. And I can do that with Python, JavaScript, ALDA (Adversarial learning-based domain adaptation), machine learning, AI, PHP,” Anigloned. “So I travel around the world showing people how they can code music. I spoke in Ghana. I did a demonstration where I converted Indian music into West African music.”
Aniglo, who also serves as a lead tech instructor for Black Girls Code and says he was inspired to code music in 2016 following his time at a computer science educators conference in college. There he had been exposed to creating music with Python, a programming language. He was immediately intrigued and began creating tracks of his own. Excited about the possibilities, two weeks later he participated in a technology competition at the University of Michigan, which was a showcase on the latest trends in technology. Aniglo did a presentation demonstrating JythonMusic, the program that permits music coding in Python. He came in first place, and since then he has been submitting proposals to present JythonMusic all over the world.
“I want to show everybody a unique and new tool and a very creative and unique way to express your creativity,” Aniglo said. “Everybody loves music, but yeah, and I can show people how they can make their own musical tracks, make their own songs, make their own melodies. So they can go home and make their own beats and show it to their friends and family. All that good stuff, and they can become their own DJ. So that’s like a good, lucrative way to make money.”
AFROTECH™ Conference
You can catch Aniglo at the AFROTECH™ Conference, which is making its way back to Houston Oct. 27–31. It’s a must-see session you won’t want to miss.
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